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Get to know the town’s walking and cycling paths, activities and swimming pools but children under 18 get free access to pools.
Children and youth in Hafnarfjörður have access to good education, after-school activities and recreation activities.
Practical information about buses, waste collection, street cleaning, traffic, animal control and more.
Hafnarfjörður hopes to secure financial and social security for all residents. Find out what support is available.
Enjoy culture in Bæjarbíó cultural house, at various museums or attend exciting events.
You can stay at great hotels, hostels or at a family friendly campsite in town.
You can find a lot of outdoors activities and various recreations in Hafnarfjörður.
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Hafnarfjörður Town council consists of 11 municipal representatives. All town council meetings are broadcast live.
Here you can find the town's fees for children, sports and activities and support services.
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There will be a number of music events at the library of Hafnarfjörður this March. It’s worth taking Wednesday afternoons off to enjoy music at the library. Pre-school children also get to enjoy the music when Maya the Strawberry performs 12 concerts this month in the library. Up to 60 preschoolers are expected to attend each music event.
Maya the Strawberry (Mæja jarðarber) will perform 12 concerts at the library this month and all preschool children in town will attend. Songs from the Fruit Basket show (Ávaxtakarfan) will be sung and Mary will talk about their friendship. The event can be expected to take about an hour. The dates in question are March 11th, 12th, 13th, 18th, 19th and 20th. Maya the Strawberry also gave a concert at the library on Museum night (Safnanótt) which was a huge hit among both children and adults. The twelve concerts are spread throughout the month and are between 9:20-10:45 a clock.
Wednesdays are music days at the library. The duet Ju/Ka will be performing on March 12th from 16:30. Beatričė Juškaitė and Maja Källström compose the duet, but they reside in Oslo. Helga Nína makes her debut with blues inspired, Icelandic pop from 16:30 on Wednesday the 13th of March.
Natalía Jónsdóttir will perform her favourite compositions by composers Chopin, Bach and Grieg on Wednesday March 20th at 16:30. Natalía is going to demonstrate the diverse emotions that the piano can awake and tell about her 10-year music studies. It aims to show that we can all love the piano.
Yes, Wednesdays are music days at the Library of Hafnarfjörður and that’s where music belongs too. The library has a music department, one of the first and largest within the country’s libraries. There you can rent out guitar, bass, drum kits, ukulele and others. Music lovers can also rent records, CDs and CD players.
You can see all events at the library here
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